~The oldest theatre from the Italian Renaissance that is still standing. 

      ~Andrea Palladio started it, but Vincenzo Scamozzi got the job done. 

      ~First performance there was King Oedipus
      ~3,000 seats

      ~Stage is 70ft by 18ft and raised

      ~Structure was inspired by Romans

 -The Theatre at Sabbioneta

     ~250 seats

     ~No fixed seating

     ~Mini Teatro Olimpico besides the vista

     ~Vista: Perspective scene painted on sides and back of stage area

-Teatro Farnese

     ~3,500 seats

     ~Most renowned theatre of its time

     ~Raised horseshoe seating

     ~Semicircle orchestra

     ~Proscenium Arch (not the first, but the most notable)

    ~The appreciation of physical beauty and man’s accomplishments

-Princes could do whatever necessary unethical or not according to Machiavelli 

-Religion was a common inspiration for artists

    ~The inspirations that these artists took were humanized to make them more relatable. 

       -Michelangelo’s David in the Sistine Chapel

-Perspective painting became popular and was used to make a more natural art

-“The Divine Comedy”

    ~Written by Dante Alighieri

    ~First important literary work

    ~Imaginary journey through hell, purgatory, and heaven

-Printing press was invented making literature more accessible

-Sailing and discovering

    ~North and South America created new wealth for the old world
    ~Other countries set discoveries in motion even though the renaissance started in Italy.

     -Columbus

-Galileo, Copernicus, and Kepler

    ~Sun is center of the solar system

  ~Sacra Rappresentazioni

       -Based on saints and stories of the Bible

       -A religious drama in a medieval style

  ~Renewal on interest in classical interest dramatic traditions pulled inspiration from:

      1. A revival of noted scholars’ Greek teachings

      2. In 1453 after the fall of Constantinople, the transfer of surviving Greek and Roman manuscripts to Italy

      3. Publishing the plays of Euripides, Horace, Sophocles, Aeschylus, and Aristophanes

      4. The dispersal of Aristotle’s and Horace’s writings

-Intermezzi and Pastorals
   ~Intermezzi:
        -Shown between acts of full length plays
         -Portrayed myths
         -Short
         -Related to the plays that they were shown with
         -Sometimes needed elaborate scenic elements
   ~Pastorals:
         -Was a lot like the Satyr Play of the Greeks
         -Short
         -Comedic and followed tragedies
         -Usually about love and weren't as sexual as satyr plays

-Operas
   ~Only surviving form of the Italian Renaissance
   ~Florentine academy came at the end of 16th century
   ~Public opera houses in the 17th century
   ~Earliest operas based on Greek tragedy and ancient history

· Goldoni wanted to create new characters for Italians to see and hear.

· He was considered the best sense of the phrase “a respectable little Venetian gentleman.”

· He substituted the commedia dell’ arte (drama of improvisation) with a fully elaborated Molière inspired character play.

· Practiced as a physician in Perugia and Rimini

· Ran away from Rimini with a theatre troupe

· Studied law in Venice

· Was later a clerk of the criminal court in Chioggia

    - By the time, he was doing that he had started his composition of plays

· He then settled in Venice with a degree in law, practicing as an advocate, and continuing his literary works.

· Not long after he went to the diplomatic services staying in Milan and Genoa.

· Then for whatever reason went to Northern Italy and settled in Pisa for his longest stay of five years to focus on the law.

· In 1746, he was the dramatic poet to S. Angelo theatre in Venice.

-Wrote many comedies while there

· Later made a similar appointment with the Venetian theatre of San Luca. 

· Became the tutor to Louis XV’s daughters forcing him to remain in France

· He produced two important comedies while in Paris: “Bourru Bienfaisant” (Good Silly) and “Avare Fastueux” (Mournful Miser).

· Has about 150 plays.